Cobscook Hikes and Paddles

Cobscook Hikes and Paddles Retired but keeping page up for past clients and others to view.

Permanently closed.

Registered Maine Guides, Steve and Tess Ftorek, provide a safe experience paddling in kayaks or canoes or hiking the bold coast of downeast Maine.We also perform "unique weddings in unusual places."

12/14/2024

via ripl.com

Boats as snug as bugs in the inner basin. Most north side docks have been moved until the storm is over.
09/16/2023

Boats as snug as bugs in the inner basin. Most north side docks have been moved until the storm is over.

08/29/2014

Here is a summary of the Road Scholar birding program based at Roosevelt Campobello International Park, New Brunswick during August 25-28, 2014.
Noteworthy, non-avian species include fin whale, minke whale, harbor porpoise, harbor seal, gray seal, "jumping" shark, bluefin tuna, snowshoe hare, snapping turtle, and “house” mouse.


76 bird species
Compiled by Chris Bartlett, [email protected]

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
American Black Duck (Anas rubripes)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors)
Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca)
Common Eider (Somateria mollissima)
White-winged Scoter (Melanitta fusca)
Black Scoter (Melanitta americana)
Common Loon (Gavia immer)
Great Shearwater (Puffinus gravis)
Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus)
Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus)
Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus)
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)
Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
Great Egret (Ardea alba)
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus)
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)
Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
Razorbill (Alca torda)
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica)
Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Sabine's Gull (Xema sabini)
Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia)
Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) (Columba livia (Feral Pigeon))
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)
Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)
Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus)
Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius)
Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
Common Raven (Corvus corax)
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa)
Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)
Mourning Warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia)
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)
American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)
Cape May Warbler (Setophaga tigrina)
Northern Parula (Setophaga americana)
Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia)
Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca)
Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)
Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)
Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii)
Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)
House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)

The Richardson sisters were great paddlers and great fun!
08/24/2014

The Richardson sisters were great paddlers and great fun!

07/27/2014

Here is a great resource for Maine boating laws.

We had a great paddle on Straight Bay for Maine Coast Heritage Trust.  The paddlers were fun, the weather was perfect an...
07/13/2014

We had a great paddle on Straight Bay for Maine Coast Heritage Trust. The paddlers were fun, the weather was perfect and a good time was had by all. We saw lots of seals and a couple of (empty) eagle nests.

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